WINNER: Lotus Notes and Domino 6.5. IBM Lotus, (800) 465-6887, (617) 577-8500. www.lotus.com
GROUPWARE IS A VITAL PART of doing business, as collaborative workspaces, group calendars and instant messaging become necessities, not luxuries. And IBM's Lotus Domino 6.5 is our top choice in this growing--and increasingly competitive--market because it makes life easier for users and administrators alike. We liked the IM support within the main Notes client, and Domino's robust Web client gives users access to mail, calendaring and to-do lists from most anywhere. Admins can develop custom applications tailored to business needs. This standards-based application development is also multiplatform, so enterprisewide administration can be accomplished from a single console. Domino suite just keeps getting better with each revision.
FINALISTS: Exchange Server 2003. Microsoft Corp., (800) 426-9400, (425) 882-8080. www.microsoft.com
Novell GroupWise 6.5. Novell, (888) 321-4272, (781) 464-8000. www.novell.com
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